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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jul 21, 2008, at 6:15 PM, bob ford wrote:

> I have transplanted nursery stock to ground for so long  that I have  
> just about forgotten the vagaries of growing from seed packets.  I'm  
> using seed this summer because the past few years it has been hard  
> to find nursery stock before the beginning of October.
>
>  I'm planting tomatoes, peppers , bush-beans and cucumbers for the  
> fall.  The packs say germination in 6-8 days and 70 to 90 days for  
> maturity.  I can probably safely transplant to ground as early as  
> the first week of September, unless we have a late heat wave.  I'm  
> thinking to start the seeds inside this coming weekend .  If this  
> sounds too early, would someone please let me know.  I don't  
> remember just how well to trust the information on the seed  
> packs.......bobford

Where are you located? Most of us are long since eating tomatoes and  
cucumbers.